New guitar for slide, Godin Glissentar

[melp]

Dear All,

Thought I would share this, even though it proves that I am fundamentally stupid!

Few years ago I was in Turkey. I came across a great guitarist, Erkan Ogur, who played fretless guitar. I got the CD. Couple of years ago I came across the Godin Glissentar, eleven string fretless guitar, and got one.

I thought, well I can play fretless bass so how hard can it be? The answer is quite hard in standard tuning. What never occurred to me was to use open tuning - at the time I got it I did not use open tunings. Anyway, long story short, I tuned it to open G the other week.

I also tried it with a slide - WOW! Just love the sound.

Of course you can slide with the slide, or just slide with your fingers.

Thing is because there are no frets the action is very low, but it does not matter, nothing to hit!
It has nylon strings, they are lighter than normal nylon strings. The string patten is like a Oud, single course low string and five pairs of double courses tuned in unison.

Would also be good for people who have problems with heavy strings and highish actions. You just have to think of note and you get it, in fact the trick is to play much lighter than normal and the sustain just stays forever.

Have a listen web.me.com/melproudfoot/Site/Godin_Glissentar.html

Its going to get played much more than it did since I first got it!

I wonder what we all may have lying around that may be great slide instruments but we have not found yet?

So my question is WHAT HAVE YOU PLAYED SLIDE ON? - apart from the obvious - hope it will give us all some new ideas.

best

Mel

[Gerry C]

I've used a slide on mandolin and bouzouki, which sounded OK (to my ears at least ) and also on 5-string banjo - the latter may have worked for Papa Charlie Jackson but not, alas, for me...

Cheerily,

Gerry C

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melp

That fretless guitar sounds lovely.

I've played slide on Fylde Goodfellows, a Fylde Alchemist, and a Bo Diddley guitar. I had a high action Goodfellow which gave a very cultured slide sound with a glass bottleneck, and the Bo D gave a superb blues sound through a Marshall valve combo.

Barry

[Michael Messer]

I have played slide on every stringed instrument I have picked up in the past thirty years ;D Apart from the obvious, this includes ...upright bass and numerous non-western instruments from Africa, India and all over the east. If it has strings it can be used for playing slide of some sort.

My current favourite unusual slide instrument is my Schoen Turbo Diddley four string cigar box guitar extraordinaire. This is my latest secret weapon, those who have heard and played it know what I mean!



Shine On
Michael